--- a/toolchains/private/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/toolchains/private/BUILD.bazel
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     name = "preinstalled_make",
     path = select({
         "@platforms//os:windows": "make.exe",
-        "//conditions:default": "make",
+        "//conditions:default": "gmake",
     }),
 )
 

--- a/foreign_cc/cmake.bzl
+++ b/foreign_cc/cmake.bzl
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@
         elif "macos" in execution_os_name:
             generator = "Unix Makefiles"
         elif "linux" in execution_os_name:
+            generator = "Unix Makefiles"
+        elif "freebsd" in execution_os_name:
             generator = "Unix Makefiles"
         else:
             fail("No generator set and no default is known. Please set the cmake `generator` attribute")